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Prince William County Police Department

County agencyVA0750300NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020Founded 1970

Prince William County, Virginia

Serves ~466,085 residents · LEMAS survey

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Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD) is a county police department in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. PWCPD has primary jurisdiction in all towns within the county, including Dumfries, Occoquan, Haymarket, and Quantico, which also have their own police departments. The County Police department also has limited enforcement jurisdiction in the independent city of Manassas through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

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Crime & staffing trends

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NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 3,534 victims, 3,270 offenders
Victim sex
Male2,010 (57%)
Female1,509 (43%)
Unknown15 (0%)
Victim race
White2,013 (58%)
Black or African American1,371 (39%)
Asian90 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander12 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native8 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons790 (28%)
Handgun646 (23%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument407 (14%)
Other309 (11%)
Firearm222 (8%)
Blunt Object124 (4%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home2,016 (57%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk646 (18%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage401 (11%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.61 (2%)
Restaurant46 (1%)
School-Elementary/Secondary46 (1%)

Top 6 of 34 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,149 (29%)
Stranger962 (24%)
Acquaintance416 (10%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend280 (7%)
Otherwise Known235 (6%)
Spouse176 (4%)

Top 6 of 27 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property187 (23%)
Weapon Law Violations151 (19%)
Simple Assault140 (17%)
Kidnapping/Abduction114 (14%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations47 (6%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering36 (4%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
PWCGOV10 datasets · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
660
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
152
Part-time civilian
100
Total FT employees
812
Population served
466,085
Operating budget
$113,382,946
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013571164$80,330,712
2007528142$66,961,619
200344691$43,925,244
2000382147$33,157,215
199936680
199732285
1993291114
1990299160
198725282

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

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POP conference activity

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